Line #53 Funny/Moonraker


1	!!The Film
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7	* Jaws going full RoadRunnerVsCoyote when chasing Bond.
8	** Jaws flapping his arms trying to fly after tearing the ripcord off his parachute[[note]](He's actually trying to steer himself so that he'll land in the middle of the circus tent)[[/note]].
9	** The henchman controlling the cable cars in Rio de Janeiro makes Jaws' go at full speed... and can't stop it and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere runs away]], causing Jaws to crash in the controlling building, with a OhCrap face.
10	** Jaws' "You have got to be kidding me!" look on his face when Bond gets away on a hang glider. Then his OhCrap face after he breaks the steering wheel of his boat as it heads towards an InevitableWaterfall.
11	* The Gondola chase scene, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9YYKQ2Ek4c which has James piloting a hovercraft down the streets of Venice]], to various {{Reaction Shot}}s, including a dog (with a "you gotta be kidding" expression), a pigeon ([[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4VlE_HTOuVA/UIvDJTsFa4I/AAAAAAAABQc/gFj2ZPihfLM/s800/MoonRaker1.gif which double-takes]]... [[SpecialEffectsFailure poorly]]), and a waiter who pours his patron's drink down his back in shock. It also has two NoMoreForMe gags, with a smoker and a wino tourist.
12	** Bond in disguise as a gondolier and using a ''paddle'' to pull up to land on his canoe, after driving his previous canoe ''on land.'' Then he calmly tosses his hat on the head of the canoe as he does when he enters Moneypenny's office.
13	* Bond returning to Earth:
14	--> '''Q''': I think he's attempting re-entry, sir.
15	* Let's not forget this bit where Q gives Bond the wrist dart gun.
16	--> '''Q''': It's activated by nerve impulses from the wrist muscles.
17	--> '''Bond''': Like this? (the dart lands in a painting of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfStuart King William III]] on a horse. Specifically, the horse's bottom, so that it looks like the dart caused the horse to jump up)
18	--> '''M''': [[SarcasmMode Oh, thank you, 007!]]
19	--> '''Q''': Be careful, will you?
20	--> '''Bond''': Yes, Q.
21	--> '''Q''': Ten darts. Five blue-tipped with armor-piercing heads. Five red-tipped, cyanide coated, causing death in thirty seconds.
22	--> '''Bond''': Very novel, Q. You must get them in the stores for Christmas.
23	* "Meanwhile, how do you kill five hours in Rio if you don't samba?" [[ThePornomancer Oh James...]]
24	* Jaws preparing to bite Manuela, only to find a bunch of Carnival celebrators coming down the alley at them. He immediately picks her up and begins smiling and swinging her around in a fake drunken dance as the rest of the mob joins in. In some of the long shots it looks like the actress playing Manuela is {{Corpsing}} while trying to look scared. When Bond shows up and Jaws closes in to fight, a line of dancers shows up and drags him off. He struggles for a bit, then sort of shrugs and starts dancing along as he gets carried away by the crowd.
25	** And Jaws had shown up dressed as one of the giant clown performers, so he sort of stumbled onto the scene and had to take a massive clown head off. During the rest of the not-fight, he's left in a sort of purple gown, polka-dot pants, and white gloves.
26	** And when Bond and Jaws first catch sight of each other; Jaws grins and Bond tries to smile back, but it's more like an OhCrap [[ThisIsGonnaSuck grimace.]]
27	* In Venice, Bond discovers a lab where Drax is developing nerve gas. The next morning, he brings M and the Minister of Defence to investigate. They enter the building wearing gas masks, only to find no lab, only Drax sitting comfortably at a desk.
28	-->'''Drax:''' You must excuse me, gentlemen. Not being English, I sometimes find your sense of humor rather difficult to follow.
29	* Bond rather straightforwardly introducing Jaws to Holly Goodhead when they're in the cable car.
30	-->'''Holly:''' Do you know him?
31	-->'''Bond:''' Not socially. His name's Jaws, [[CaptainObvious he kills people]].
32	** Lampshaded on WebVideo/CinematicExcrement:
33	-->'''Smeghead''': I wonder if that's what it says on his business cards: "Jaws; kills people, will travel".
34	* While Bond is hanging off the side of the cable car:
35	-->'''Holly''': Hang on, James.
36	-->'''Bond''': ''(casually)'' [[DeadpanSnarker The thought had occurred to me]].
37	* This quip from Drax, when he and Bond bump into each other again:
38	-->'''Drax:''' James Bond. You appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season.
39	** Also this, when he clues in on Bond's true intentions upon his visit to Drax's personal chateau.
40	-->'''Drax''': ''(To Chang)'' Look after Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him.
41	* "Bollinger. If It's '69, you were expecting me." BA-DUM-CRASH!
42	* During his fight with Chang in the glass museum, Bond picks up a [[PricelessMingVase priceless glass vase]] that was [[ChekhovsGun prominently displayed earlier]]...and carefully puts it back when the motion sensor alarm goes off. And then it gets smashed by Chang anyway.
43	* Chang is killed when Bond [[DisneyVillainDeath throws him through a glass clock face]]. What makes this ''funny'' is that he smashes straight through a street performer's piano (who's performance could be heard during Chang and Bond's scuffle) with a comical ''CLANNNNNG!''
44	-->'''Bond:''' [[BondOneLiner Play it again,]] [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Sam.]]
45	* Bond [[GroinAttack attempting to knee Jaws in the crotch]] aboard the station; the [[OhCrap bewildered look on Bond's face]] when he hears a ''[[CrazyPrepared metal clang]]'' is priceless.
46	* After escaping from Jaws on the cable cars, Holly suddenly gives Bond a kiss.
47	-->'''Bond:''' What was that for?
48	-->'''Holly:''' For saving my life.
49	-->'''Bond:''' Well, remind me to do that more often.
50	* Upon arriving at the Drax residence, which is a French chateau brought to California brick by brick, Bond muses that he should have bought the Eiffel Tower as well.
51	-->'''Corinne:''' He did, but the French government refused him an export permit.
52	* During the ambulance fight, James Bond's head ends up on top of Dr. Goodhead's crotch and he finds the time to still say "Sorry about that." while getting tossed around.
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54	!!Behind The Scenes
55	* From Creator/RogerMoore's autobiography:
56	** "One evening, I was volunteered to attend a function at a huge house just off the Grand Canal, in aid of the Save-Venice campaign. Creator/KenAdam offered to come with me. We eventually found the bar and soon realized that we were the youngest people there. We'd just taken a sip of our drinks when a white-haired old lady, in a very strangulated upper-class English country voice asked,
57	-->"What are you doing here in Venice?"
58	-->"We're making a film", I said
59	-->"Oh, a fillum, eh? What sort of fillum?"
60	-->"It's James Bond, 007"
61	-->"Ohhh! And what do '''you''' do?" she asked.
62	** Ken was now snorting with laughter behind her back - I could have killed him.
63	-->"Well, I sort of try to play James Bond", was my considered reply
64	** She pause, moved back a foot or two, looked me up and down, then announced,
65	-->"You'll be very good. I know Creator/IanFleming, you know".
66	** [[DeadpanSnarker I wonder if she knew he'd been dead fifteen years?]]"
67	* Creator/LoisChiles wasn't feeling easy about filming one scene. So, to help relax her, during one take someone dressed up as a green martian and started washing the plexiglass windows of the space station. It worked.
68	* While filming in Venice, some prop boys got some wreaths for the funeral boat from a church...where a ''[[RefugeInAudacity real]]'' funeral was taking place.
69	* It took ''six takes'' to get the Bondola afloat...because the left side inflated more quickly than the right and Moore fell in the canal. "It worked earlier, guv", said the props man. Thankfully, it was done on take six, when Moore was down to his last dry suit.
70	* When Moore had a kidney stone attack, the publicist told reporters, "Creator/RogerMoore has passed his kidney stone, but the bad news is that Creator/LoisChiles has swallowed it".
71	!!The Novel
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73	* In the climax of the novel, Drax gives his NewEraSpeech to all of Britain and the assembled news reporters (who all still assume Drax is still performing a routine missile test instead of an act of war). Said speech includes lines like "great arrow of [[{{Revenge}} vengeance]]" and "the fate of my country's enemies will be written [[AxCrazy in dust, in ashes, in tears and in blood]]". Cue a phenomenally awkward silence amongst the assembly, before the BBC reporter tries to [[MoveAlongNothingToSeeHere uncomfortably move things along]].

Context Funny / Moonraker